Monday, May 5, 2014

Beauty For Ashes


Everyone has experienced hurt and disappointment in life, but God doesn’t want us to sit in the ashes of the past. The bible says, “He will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.”

Your loving, heavenly Parent wants to trade your brokenness for healing. The key is that we have to be willing to give up the “ashes” in order to receive the “beauty.” You can’t have both because the old has to go before the new can come.

Friend, ask yourself if you’re really trusting God with your past hurts and mistakes. Are you willing to make the choice to let go of the pain, to forgive others (and yourself) so you can move forward into real peace, victory and freedom?

I want to encourage you not to waste another moment sitting in the ashes. The past is over but your future remains, and if you’ll trust God, He said it will be more amazing than what you could’ve hoped or dreamed of yourself. Choose to let Him give you joy instead of mourning; let Him begin to make something beautiful out of the ashes!

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